Case study

Bakugan: Battle Brawlers: a matching Nintendo DS decompilation

bakubrawlers reconstructs C++ source for the US Nintendo DS release of Bakugan: Battle Brawlers using the original compiler. Its build extracts a user-supplied ROM, links the reconstructed code and checks the output SHA-1; the author reports 4,485 of 4,505 functions matched.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06

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Last commit: 2026-10-23
Language: C++

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Supply the USA B6RE ROM with the stated SHA-1.
Prerequisites: Linux, Python 3.10+ with pyelftools, Ninja, Git, Rust, CMake and LLVM 17+ are listed for building.
Testing evidence: The author reports 4,485 of 4,505 functions matched.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{bakugan-battle-brawlers-ds-decomp-case,
  title = {{Bakugan: Battle Brawlers: a matching Nintendo DS decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/tylzars/bakubrawlers}},
  url = {https://github.com/tylzars/bakubrawlers},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/bakugan-battle-brawlers-ds-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Bakugan: Battle Brawlers: a matching Nintendo DS decompilation. https://github.com/tylzars/bakubrawlers (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/bakugan-battle-brawlers-ds-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · tylzars/bakubrawlers · Revision 18ac102
INSTALL.md GitHub · tylzars/bakubrawlers · Revision 18ac102